Visible index



1,631,473 June 7' 1927- w. c. CLARK VISIBLE INDEX Filed March 22. 1924 f dtlzer l' n I v l/raC-Lnmf Wf@ 5MM@ .Patented v.ame 7, 19,27.

*( UNITED STATES WILLIAM CURTIS CLARK, loFsAn FRANCISCO, *CALIFOnline,l Assurance,` nir Mnsnn' Asi siem/Innes, Io ACME cani) s'YsTEivI centraux, or CnICAeo, ILIfIn'oIs',l A con;

:eoRAcrIon or ILLINOIS.

VISIBLE INDEX.

. yApplication filed. March 22, 1924. .Sera'l No. '791,045.5

l.This invention relates to'v improvementsin visible indexes, and refers more particuwhich is adapted Y larly.. to indexes inwhich the cards are'y derV tacliably hung in overlapping relation in a frame. -A v Among the salient obyects. of thevinvention. are to provide anl index sheetl or card on flexible, carriers mountedin a frame ;v to

yprovide a construction of lthe character de-p scribed in which a plurality of index cards ymay be removably mounted on flexible hangers, the latter being removably mount-A ed in a frame, in which a separate detach ableV index sheet .or card auxiliary to the Vmaster index Acards may be Vdetachably mounted on the fiexible hangerscapable,of being instantly mounted and removed without disturbing ,the position yof the master cards .or their fiexible hangers; to provide a construction in which a plurality y ofvs'aid auxiliary index members may be detachablyv mounted on each hanger; `and to provide, in general, a constructionof 'thecharacter referred t0. In the drawings: 1 y y Fig, l is a side elevational view of a frame having .a plurality of mountedV thereon in overlappingfrelation.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary' perspective View of lthe auxiliary index member and manner of mounting on the hanger. Y y Fig. 3 is a face View ofthe auxiliary index member.

Referring in detail to the drawings, lV designates a frame,

of metal yor other suitable rigid material, having the central web portion 2 and edge flanges 3 so constructed as to form the vertically extending channels a. One end of the viianged portion 3 may be tubularto accommodate the pintle 5 which is adapted toy be movably mounted on a stand, to allow free pivotal movement of the entire frame. VIt is understoodthat one or both sides of the frame mayqtake'the form shown in Fig. l to mount cards on one or both sidesthereof. The hangers. 6,' may take anypform of exible members, but are preferably constructed of flexible wire having returnebent ends ,apart to provide hanger portions 8. The master index Vmember 9 may be provided with the hinge clips lO, which hinge-clips engage the ends 8 of the hanger. t is posto be detachably mounted v index cards i .guide 7, which are spaced v'siblet'o mount or'removea card 9"by merely hanger `6.,*Thal'hanger6 is vinstantly mounted in, or removed from, the frame, .byvl'ike-vv if* wise bending it` centrally, so `that/fthe ends. f y

Y* are either inserted into 4or yremovedclear of the Yguide channelsl.

member l1, preferably of .a lsize slightly smaller thanfthe card 9. 'The uppaer corners are preferably cutA away and slanted as Y shown at '12 to obviate any tendency to curl.

Adjacent` theY upper longitudinal edge f the member 4l1 ris internally aperturedasshown at 13. Any other desired form of aperture maybe made. Adjacent one lateral edge, the card or sheet 11 may alsobeinternally" apertured as shown at ltfor a `purpose hereinafter explained.

, The advantages and ease o f operation will be immediately Iapparentto those skilled in f this art. For instance, -in a vbusiness where itis necessary to yhave a follow-up system,

the vindex card 9 may :be -designated asv the master card Vto be` part of a permanent f record, adapted to 4be'retained at all timesV in the frame. v,Someprovision must be made for allowing the various salesmen who atdata' for anumbeiyofpdays." The auxiliary tend to this `follow-up work,to have this. u

SheetlLcar'r'ying the necessary data., is re-k Y vmoved from its positionin front of the mastercard 9.' Thefholes 14' are so'spaced that `they 'are` adapted to engage lwith the .l

hinges of a` standard "formfofj loose-leaf vnote boolrcarried bysalesmen... y

llhenv thev follow-upfhas been completed, the auxiliary card can be-removed from the loose-leaf 4book` and'by bending itfcentrally. so that ythe 'ends 8 of hanger 6 slip into thek holes 13, can 'be replaced in theV file.

have illustrated and described one-particular use to which my-invention `may be applied. It will `be understoodV that Ido 105.

not, inany way, wish to limit it to anyparticular use :or uses,

member,fwhich may v but wish to bef protected-V .on' the novelty ofso mounting an index .i

be auxiliary to a master .a "longitudinal f ed index card, on hangers in a frame, that it can be instantly mounted or` removed Without disturbing thek position of the master cards or hangers.

I have described the preferred form as being jan" auxiliary' card. It Will b'e immediateiy apparentlt-hatth'e cardV l1 may itself constitute What I term the master card, and a pluralityof them may be mounted in overlapping relation7 eliminating the use of they Vindex cards 9.

y The member ll ma;7 be constructed of any7 Weight fibrous material such as paper, but preferably are lighter: in Weight and of slightly different color'than themaster card 9.. The-.,meiiibers .111 may bel off differentk colors.Y .T-Wo: or more differently colored members ll4 maybe lmounted on the same hanger: in. connection with one master card V9.- Thej card llf` may be of any desired a frame, of flexible metallic hangers having return-bent portions adapted to be detachably mounted thereon, master. index cards detachably mounted byjmetallic hinges on the return-bent portions of the hanger, aux-l iliary sheets having holes adjacent one longitudinal edge also engaging the endsvr of the return-bent portions, said sheets being removable from said hangers Without removingthe master cards'from the hangers 'nor the hangers from the frame. Y In -a Kvisible index, lthe combinationy with a frame7 of iexiblespacing hangers mounted., adjacent to each other on said frame.v and: having returnbentrends, master index cards mounted by metallic hinges on the returiibent ends lof said hangers and auxiliar findex sheets provided withhanger-engagingV y aperturesmounted on Athe return-bentl endsof thehangers adjacent vvsaid master rindex cards, said auxiliaryv sheets being* independently'mou-utable on or removable from'thev return-bentends ofthe hangersWithout disturbing` the yposition of the mastercard.

' VVILLAM'-CURTISCLARK.' 

